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title: חֵדֶק — brier · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵדֶק (2312), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: brier. BDB 1906: brier. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵדֶק

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«חֵדֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brier** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2312 · **BDB:** חֵ֫דֶק

### Glosses

a.thorn-bush (1); of.thorn\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brier [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2312/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

brier [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2312/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] brier (NH id.; Aramaic חִדְקָא Löwp. 147, No. 104; cf. Arabic حَدَقٌ a kind of nightshare, v. Lane532);—טוֹבָם כְּחֵדֶק Mi 7:4 the best of them (si vera l.) is like the brier (‖ יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה); דֶּרֶךְ עָצֵל כִּמְשֻׂכַת חָ֑דֶק Pr 15:19 the way of a sluggard is like a brier-hedge.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵדֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2312/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.19/)

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דֶּ֣רֶךְ עָ֭צֵל כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].way of.a.sluggard \[is\].like a.hedge of.thorn\[s\] and.\[the\] path of.upright.\[people\] \[is\].cast.up

*JPS 1917:* The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even.

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[Micah 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.7.4/)

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טוֹבָ֣ם כְּחֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִמְּסוּכָ֑ה י֤וֹם מְצַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ פְּקֻדָּתְךָ֣ בָ֔אָה עַתָּ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה מְבוּכָתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* their.good person \[is\].like a.thorn-bush an.upright.\[person\] more than.a.thorn.hedge the.day of your.watchmen punishment your it.has.come now it.will.be confusion their

*JPS 1917:* The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

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